Category Archives: LinkedIn and Twitter

Filtering Your LinkedIn Connections Shared Status Updates

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Use this URL if you only want to view what your LinkedIn connections have shared on your LinkedIn home page.
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How to Remove a LinkedIn Connection

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Here’s a quick way to remove a LinkedIn Connection.
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Why Can’t I Link to IBM i-related content on LinkedIn & Twitter?

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I’d love to link to more IBM i-related articles on LinkedIn and Twitter, but why is it so hard for me to link to your stuff? Continue reading

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Viewing All of Joe’s LinkedIn and Twitter Posts

linkedin official iconGo to this URL if you want to see all of Joe Hertvik’s LinkedIn and Twitter posts. Continue reading

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Contacting @LinkedInHelp On Twitter

linkedin buttonIf you need help figuring something out on LinkedIn or just want to ask a question, LinkedIn’s customer support team maintains an @LinkedInHelp twitter feed that you can tweet questions and comments to.

@LinkedInHelp provides good responses and they are fairly quick on getting back to you with answers.
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Holiday Surprise: LinkedIn Removes Activity Feed from User Profile Page

linkedin official icon In December 2013, LinkedIn removed the activity feed from your LI full profile page. You can no longer see other user’s activity feeds. Here are the details. Continue reading

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My Favorite #FiveWordTechHorrors Tweet

Having a good time this lunchtime reading the #FiveWordTechHorrors tweets that have suddenly gone viral on Twitter. In five words or less, people are describing their own horror stories. But by far, this is my favorite tweet from @supermantweets: This … Continue reading

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URL to View All Group Activity for Your LinkedIn Connections

Use this URL if you only want to view just the group activity of your LinkedIn connections (which connections joined a group, who started a discussion, who commented on a discussion, etc.). It’s a handy way to get current on … Continue reading

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The Twitter @-Sign Trap–Starting a Tweet with an @ is a Reply

dont start a twitter with a ampersand The gist is that if you send a tweet that starts with a twitter handle in the first position of your tweet (ex., @joehertvik), that message will only be sent to your followers who also follow the twitter account you reference in your tweet. Continue reading

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Coming Soon? Auto-adding Courses and Certs to Your LinkedIn Profile

According to TNW (The Next Web), LinkedIn is piloting a program to allow users to automatically add course completions and certifications to their LinkedIn profiles. Under the program (which is being piloted with seven “premiere” online education firms), LinkedIn would … Continue reading

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Stopping Graphics Suppressors in LinkedIn Status Updates

I’ve noticed that when I post a link to my LinkedIn status updates, the LinkedIn update doesn’t always display any of the graphics associated with my story.  Ideally, when I post a link to my blog as a LI status … Continue reading

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A Quick Marketing Plan for Promoting Content Through LinkedIn & Twitter

As a follow-up to my article on Five Simple Ways to Promote a Blog Post, a customer emailed me and asked me for ideas on how to market a new white paper. To that end, here’s a quick marketing plan … Continue reading

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Five Simple Ways to Promote a Blog Post

Being a writer, marketer, and blogger, I’m always interested in the best ways to promote content: to put it out in front of the people I’d like to see read it. I look at every new blog post and article … Continue reading

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Twitter Posts on the IBM i Cache Battery Maintenance Problem

If you’re interested in the IBM i cache battery maintenance issue I documented in IT Jungle, check out my ongoing discussion on this issue on my twitter feed @JoeHertvik. The problem is that due to new industry standards and regulations, … Continue reading

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LinkedIn QuickTip: Always Put a Description in Your LinkedIn Status Updates

When posting a status update that contains a Web site link on your LinkedIn account, always put in a short description introducing the Web site content. Don’t rely on the text in the Web site to tell readers what’s in the link … Continue reading

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